Paddy Martin
We have the sad news that on May 3, Fiat Club ACT Life member Alan (Paddy) Martin passed away after a short illness.
Paddy was a the go to person in the club for many years, always offering to help, hosting garage days and sharing his many Fiat 'special tools'. He took on a number of roles in the Club including Club Registrar, Treasurer and President. He was Grand Marshal at AutoItalia many times and was a regular representative for the ACT Fiat Club at the Fiat Nationals. He will be greatly missed.
We have the sad news that on May 3, Fiat Club ACT Life member Alan (Paddy) Martin passed away after a short illness.
Paddy was a the go to person in the club for many years, always offering to help, hosting garage days and sharing his many Fiat 'special tools'. He took on a number of roles in the Club including Club Registrar, Treasurer and President. He was Grand Marshal at AutoItalia many times and was a regular representative for the ACT Fiat Club at the Fiat Nationals. He will be greatly missed.
The Fiat Club of the ACT (Inc) is dedicated to bringing together those who love Fiats and Lancias.
You can contact us by email: fiatclubact@yahoo.com.au or by post: The Secretary, PO Box 1119,Canberra City, ACT 2601.
We hold regular events where members can meet, socialise, talk about and, best of all, drive Italian cars! If you've ever been bitten by the Fiat, Abarth or Lancia bug, and would like to swap tales with those of like mind, then please come and join us. Family membership is $40 per year ($20 for regional membership). (If you instead have been bitten by the Alfa bug, then the fratello club AROCA ACT is also available)
We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month - North Canberra Bowls Club / RUC – 54, McCaughey St. Turner, 6:00PM for dinner, Meeting at 7:30PM
The Fiat Club of the ACT is affiliated with the Council of ACT Motor Clubs. They co-manage, with ACT Urban Services, the ACT concessional Registration Scheme (CRS) for vehicles more than 30 years old. The CRS provides for the registration of veteran, vintage and historic vehicles and motor cycles at a concessional rate. For more information see the Council of ACT Motor Clubs website
You can contact us by email: fiatclubact@yahoo.com.au or by post: The Secretary, PO Box 1119,Canberra City, ACT 2601.
We hold regular events where members can meet, socialise, talk about and, best of all, drive Italian cars! If you've ever been bitten by the Fiat, Abarth or Lancia bug, and would like to swap tales with those of like mind, then please come and join us. Family membership is $40 per year ($20 for regional membership). (If you instead have been bitten by the Alfa bug, then the fratello club AROCA ACT is also available)
We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month - North Canberra Bowls Club / RUC – 54, McCaughey St. Turner, 6:00PM for dinner, Meeting at 7:30PM
The Fiat Club of the ACT is affiliated with the Council of ACT Motor Clubs. They co-manage, with ACT Urban Services, the ACT concessional Registration Scheme (CRS) for vehicles more than 30 years old. The CRS provides for the registration of veteran, vintage and historic vehicles and motor cycles at a concessional rate. For more information see the Council of ACT Motor Clubs website
This is French film-maker Claude Lelouch's short 1976 film - Rendevous - an early Sunday morning, high speed, single shot take through the streets of Paris. There's a fair bit of information on the web about the film, and it was documentary maker Richard Symons who convinced Leouch to restore the original 35mm print and release the film (now distributed by Symons' Spirit Level Film). Rumour has it the film was shot from a gyro-stabilised camera on the front bumper of a Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9, with the audio from Lelouch's Ferrari 275GTB later dubbed in. Unless I'm mistaken there is a very brief appearance of a FIAT 1500 which will please our Club Captain no end (look for the swerve around the garbage truck).
From the US....
Garage day August